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pubushhp wedsepdays.
Wm. R rKADFOFD.
ffubseript ion prion . . $1 pt r year.
( orre.'pn tdence on eurretit subjects is
Invited, but we do not a^iDc t<? publish
coniitiuuioaHous eoulujitiiix morn limit
JtOn u:?d no nisil?iIity is :n
named lor I he \jews of corresp anient s.
Ait an advertising medium for t'liarlotte,
)'ineville, |?\?rt Mill, ami Hook
Hill badness houses The Times is u:ise~
passed. Hates made known on upplicu
I ion tot he publisher.
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What You Might Have Done.
"Yon might have said kind words today
To one whose heart was sad;
It takes so little, often: inns.
To make tii grieving glad.
You might havels'iit wit h loving touch.
A lonely one to hie s;
Ho much oi love is sometime# tolil
It; jaat one s >ft caress.
You might have smiled on some woe
ehilil
Whose glad eyes met vonr own;
And thus Iter sun, already bright
More brightly might have shown.
A*on might have huit a helping hand
To oiie v. itli 1'aSteriim feet;
*?o luniiv final, heart -sick ones
Upon life's way wo moot.
You mi^ht have won thus for yourself,
Although unconsciously,
A wealth of joy?a foretaste of
Tho heaven yet to ho.
M MtilAKKT A. UlCIIMin.
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Sumo one has written beintitul!y
to the t?oys in Hie following
iiiiiiiuer. Here is u whole f-ernion
in n few sentences:
"()f all the love attains in the
wot hi none can surplus t htrue
love of the I>ie hoy for his mother.
It is pure nnd noble, honorable in
the highest decree to both. 1 do
not menu merely a dutiful affection.
1 mean a love which makes
a boy gallant and courteous to his
mother, saying to everybody pla lily
that he is fairly in love with
her. Next to the love of a husband,
nothing so crowns a woman's
life with honor an this second love,
this devotion of a ton to her. Ami
I never vet know n Sum !<? 'inm
out btully' who heapm by falling >?
love with his mother. Any man
limy fall in love with a fresh-fared
Kirl, the man who is gallant with
the yirl may cruelly neglect the
worn and weary wife, lint the
boy who is a lover of his mother in
Iter middle ujje, is a true knight
who will love his wife as much in
tho sere-leaved autumn as he did
in the daisied spring!ime.
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l>ipptfn.iary Profits of igoo.
Last Wednesday the directors of
the St 111dispensary made public
the annual financial statement of
tho disp nsary system. An exact
comparison with former years can
not be made, as the lineal year 1'.?()()
comprised merely the first eleven
months, while heretofore the calendar
and the tiseal year have been
the same. Not including December,
the heaviest trade month of
the year, tlie sales for l'.Hli) aiununted
to $2,481,810.2*-', nearly ?750,000
in excess of the entire year IN00.
For the twelve months of l!>00 the
inci'PHK * will bit Sl iilHHKlil
The State reeeivca 10 per cent
not. profit, which amounts to
$170,012, IS. Thin will ho prorated
ainuiijr the counties of the
State for the pub ie schools.
The protitH accruing to towns
and cities in addition to the State's
profit, is ?2'.?\lt)<?.2S. This amount
is divided equally between lln> respect
ivc towns and counties in
which dispensaries are located.
The i>nuitl total of profits is
817 1,1or 2f? per cent of the
sales.
There are ninety-three liquor
dispensaries and twenly-thr? e beer
dispensaries.
Tin* dispensary started in business
in 180-1, with $.">0,000 approprinted
by the State. This luis
been refuiultMl, an equal amount
invested in real estato, and a stock
of $250,000, paid for, is carried
constantly.
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AnecdottfB ot den. Forrest.
(Now York Sua.)
4,(Jon. Foirest of the Confederate
army," said an ? \-C infedernto
officer, "was a military Renins of
the first rank. Without previous
training or any develoj ed taste in
that direction he went into the
oriny from a place as overseer and
attained commanding rank nbso^
b.tely by merit llon^li and tin
fcwuth at tirst, he became iu later
1 f<* a courtly U' nth man whom i:
whs :i [ ! n.-iuv to meet and to
know. I r?*tiioi11ocx* on on** occasion
s*.>ui ' time after the war emu
ii?o 111> tli?- Potomac with iiini I
wanted t ) introduce a youno woman
who was* undi r my escort. lie
said In* was flattered l>y <lie request,;
hut that In* could not meet her
unless sin* knew perfectly wli > lie
was and that lie was not hold in
hi^Ii esteem hy the Northern ]>"o|>le,
ejji, (ly on necomil <>f the Port
Pillow affair. 1 assured him that
she was fully apprised of his i\ fiord,
und then he went with u.e to
meet her, an I she told me later
she had never met a more attractive
man.
"Ikulicr in his career, thai is 11? fore
he had learned to spell, he
was i.sked hy a youn;* lady to put
his autoeraph in her alhuui. lie
wrote his name as requested, and
under it his title 'Major (ieneral
fit' Calvary,* as In' spelled it. The
lady called his attention to it in a
very delicate way and lie looked at
it a moment, and with a full consciousness
that lie was lacking in
that lv^anl and with a hcanlifnl
and scarcely to he expected humility.
he sai :: 'Let it stand to showhow
ignorant (Jen. Forrest is.*
'1'here are not man}'men who would
have done that. I imagine, and it
was the little things that showed
the man's true grontm ss.*'
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Uorruwlnic Papers.
The following is clipped from
the Yorkvillo Kiiquirer of 1S70, in
which it had been repnhlished
from the Charl h'.oii Courier. It
had a sharp point then that has
not. since been appreciably dulled,
mid is deserving of public itiun
again:
"lOver since the pnhlieation of
the lirst newspaper the word has
been bothered with neighborly
people, who borrow the newspapers.
and ever since t hat time the
victiinu <>r i In'-'" iw.:..I.K. 1
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been devising means ?>f ridding
themselves of the nuisance. The
method resort I'd >y ton subscriber
of The < 'or.i'ier, we think, is a mxiil
one. and em scarcely fail to have a
salutary etTeet. For many months
our friend was bothered by a borrowing
neighbor, ami for many
months lie bore his afllietion with
('hri-ti:in fortitude. At length lie
bee one desperate, and finally hit
upon the following expedient: lie
eame to The Courier oliioe and
ordered the Daily Courier sent to
his neighbor. This was done, ami
at. the expiration of a month the
neighbor aforesaid called at this
ollice, and staled that the paper
was being sout to liis house, when
he was not a subscriber. He was
told that. Mr. (the neighbor
from whom lie had been in the
habit of borrowing the p iper ? had
ordered it sent to him, and that
the subscription price would be
paid by 11iin (Mr. ). The
eyes of that bore were opened, and
it,mi ....... I? i ' '
....... ii.in nun nri'll (I Mt'.'lU V
subscriber of The Courier. lie
never attain I tor rowed a paper."
Serious Ml Last.
The nmltor is becoming serious
at I at. says the News and Courier.
"A lull lias been introduced in
Congress by !?epresentntive H. C. j
Smith, of Michigan, proposing the
payment of a pension to a Miss
I'ultie, of New Host on, in that
State, for injuiies received t afore
she was born. The pension in
this eas i< based on the claim
that this lady's crippled conditi m
is due to the prenatal shock when
her mother reerivetl the news that
her husband and father had been
wounded in battle." < >f course,
news of the sickness of a relative
or friend in the army, or of a defeat
of the army, would have like
depresHimj prenatal ctVeets. The
next step, it is probable, will be to
provide a pension for everybody
on the winning side who was born
during the war time, or for nine
mouths afterwards,
REWARD.
A reward of $10ti will be given to any
party who will give nsinformation necessary
to convict the malicious person
who attempted to set fire to our mills
on th night of Doe. 32, l'.KH). Particulars
can be obtained by calling at our
ofiled, Fort Mill, ^
Fokt Mtfu. Met. Cwii.' w-\y.
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VvITiili.j or ?.R C021PLDZ2ACY.
The following article is ot.e of a
series that will appear in The Times
triviny; a synopsis oT the war locord f
of meiuhcrs of the Port Mill Camp
of Confederate Veterans. Uncords
will he published the order in
which they are handed in.
I. Robert Anderson* Parks
Mi:ukjtt, entered the service of
the Confederacy on duly 14. 1801,
njjed 1 K years. 1 enlisted at
Petersburg, \ a., in Company ]>
(C pt. Alston and Limits. Stewart
and Alston), Sixth South Carolina
regiment. My first duty was to j
help huild breast woiks around
1 'etcrsbur^i. where sharpshnoting
and shelling wore part i-ulnrly
heavy at that time. We had to
work ni^lds to keep the enemy t
from set in^ us; but one Sunday
ni<;bt a storm came up. and- the
Yankivs, by the Hashes of li^htnin^.
rtc.v us working between the
lines and immediately bewail shell
iiiLj us. 1 never saw so much tire
in my life. There was a constant
roar from the batteries on both
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liuddhson m111-1 myself remained
bet wet a the lines, taking refuge
in an old tobacco barn, but us tin*
shells lagan to fly through the '
roof wo tore up the floor and took
refuse underneath until morning,
wlicu wo got back to our own regiment.
Our next work was further
south of Petersburg, where we
built Fort Bralton. About September
I, 'til. we stormed Fort
Harrison, east <1 Kiehinond. and
were rejuilseil with heavy loss.
This being my first engagement, I
beeame lost between the lines,
as did James Spratt. lie re-!
inained still and I went up and
down the liu?s and fired several
rounds. 1 eamo aeross a wounded
man win# begged me lo lake him
out, and I carried him off the lit Id
. n my back, but not knowing where
my company was, 1 went hack,
picked up my gun. started off
again and met Win. Henry Aler4
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Our next move was by ni??lit to
tin* Darbytowu road, and when
daylight cniiii1 wo marched in a
straight line. It was here that an
unexpected shell from the enemy's
buttery passed over our regiment
from end to end and finally burst,
killing hig Henry Merritt. We
then forme-1 a line of battle and
advanced on the em iny"s works. I
saw a shell hurst and knock Henry
Patterson up otT the ground.
W e ran the enemy out of tin* line.
Heine slightly wonmled, 1 was
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sent to the brigade hospital. In
about two weeks I returned to find .
my eonmmnd camped on the Wiliiumslmrg
road, where we stayed
the icinaining pait of the winter,
doing a little fighting and koiuc
hard picket duly. Once 1 was
dome picket duty between the
lines, with orders not to leave my
post. I was forgotU*ii ami not relieved
and Lieut. Smith reported
nil' as a deserter. \\ t' next moved t??
I ioidoimv.lle, drove the Yankees
from there and returned the following
day. Alcunwhiio the enemy
attacked our lines from the
dailies river l.? the Chnkuiunniny,
bill was repulsed every tune Willi
heavy loss. When Wilt. Henry
.Merrill saw the negroes coining
lie mounted the breastworks and
was shortly afterwards killed. We
went to Petersburg m Match (id
and found tlie enemy shelling the
city. We hastened to the front
and drove them bark. That night
we evacuated Petersburg and crossed
the Appomattox river. A great
many people who were cut off
from town tried to follow us, but
were uoi allowed to cross the river. '
We iiiiircehd in a northerly direction
that night Next day we Were
overtaken by (len. drain's army
and had to tight. lie pressed us
so hard that we had to leave the
roads and go through woods and
tields and tight back again. I saw
many of Lee's men fall by the way
side thoroughly exhausted and l>oguing
for water and help. lint wo
had to leave them to the inerey of
tlio enemy. We marched and
fought in this way for ahout two
wi-rks and tinaily renoluni Appomattox
I'ourt house, v.hero we were
sin rounded. We formed a line of
h tile ex|h?i lino every moment to
he tired upon, but lien. Lee doci
ded to surrender. We reniaided
there four days and wore then paroled
and Juki to walk home, which
was a 4outf journey for brokendown
soldiers.
K. A IV M LUC ITT.
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Ffrn* t'a> .
To work a sinm1 I farm to a profit
within easy reach of railroad coinid
anient ion is simply a runt tor of
some capital, a decided preference
for the work, average intelligence,
persistent and patient industry and
good hea!til, says a writer in a
Northern inagaz no. There are
thousands of Kinali farms w.tliin a
radius of one hundred miles from
New York whose owners have
abandoned other pursuitsand taken
to tilling the land, and who could
not be iuduced to go back to their
former occupations. The farms
for the most part were bought by
part payment, the balance remaining
on bond and mortgage. Twenty
per cent of these farms have
been redeemed in 'ivo years, and
as a rule the debt was paid by the
tin iff. self-sarriiico and co-operative
doterminat on of the man and
his wife. One typical example
comes to mind. It is of a coach
painter, lie hud worked ten years
at his trade for ?12 a week, and
saved $100 a year. In the eleventh
venr tli?*r?? \vn?a ? ufi-iL-.. 1. io .. I I.I
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and lit* had to face tin* prospect of
being out of work for some time,
by no choice of his own. He went
down into Jersey, bought ten acres
of land at ?100 an acre, paying
?500 cash and giving his bond foi
the remainder. With the balance
tie bought a horse and cow, a
second-mind wagon, ami settled
liimself to earn a new living, trie
unci his wife, with a five-yoar-oid
child, lived for two years in a
shanty. lint tins man had the
tenacity of a bulldog, the seitrelianee
of a drummer, and the
patience of a trained nurse. When
lie had been 011 Ins place eight
years I paid him a visit. His wile
met meat the depot, three miles
from her home, with a twu-seuted
rig mid a lively team. I found the
couple living 111 a new cottage that
had been tail It by day labor and
winch 111c owner uad painted liimself.
It was a very tasteful structuio
and was already prettily shadi d
by the trees that ne had s> t out.
In reply to my questions, he said
that tie calculated to make ulioui
$1,MK) a year clear. ! le had bought
tlie adjoining twenty urn b on ea.-y
terms and had put most of it into
l*ood ^rowin^ siiupc.
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l'atkonaoe in
so licit a co
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meet all le<;
competition,
$ on time wiikr
t desire sucii at
we have ol
supply of nk
4 ORLEANS MOLA:
wishing voy
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MATS, SHOES,
PANTS, DRY OOODS,
NOTIONS, DRESS GOODS,
HARDWARE,
TINWARE,
GLASSWARE,
GROCERIES, ETC., I
AND THE
BEST LINE OF
POCKET AND
TABLE CUTLERY
IN TOWN.
R?w Rinrht Hprp
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Ami you will find nt the City
Market during the holidays the
finest Meats, Oysters, Ilo^head
Cheese, Liverelle. mixed and all
pork Sausage as low as the lowest.
We solved you through the summer
and took no advantage of our
monopoly and only ask a share of
your patronage dining the winter. [
SMYTHE & SON. |.
J. U. Tray wick & Co.,
DEALERS IN
FINE LIQUORS
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No. 42 East Trade St.
CHARLOTTE, - - - N. C.
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NOTICE OF REMOVAL, ETC.
To my Friends and t he Public: I lmve
moved my livery and feed stable to the
stable lately occupied by Thos. Hougland,
where I will be glad to see you all
and serve you as in the past.
I have received si commission as
Notary Public and am prepared touttest
deeds, mortgug -s, etc., and perform
marrriage ceremonies.
JOHN SV. McELHANEY.
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THE FORT MILL
DRUG - STORE I
OPPOSITE THE SAVINGS HANK,
Is the plnce nt which you can always
find everything usually kept
at a first-class npothecnry shop.
1 am running a drug store, in
every sense of the word.
I can prescribe for you. fill prescriptions,
and sell you drills. I
li ai'n l.o.I - 1
?u< v n?u jriiio *ji rA(]t*riflH'H (111(1
inn thoroughly acquainted with
the drug business.
A full line of the best? 1
CIGAR^, CIGARETTES,
AND
SMOKING and
CHEWING TOBACCO.
Eveytijixo in STATIONERY.
T. U. MKUIIUI, M. D.
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It's a Waste of Words
to argue with tr ' i?trons of the
Model Steam Laundry. Charlotto. N. C. ?
?they know full well that washing
iiid ironing of everything cleansible iu
the lino of wearing apparrel is done
properly by us. What we want is for
v-ou to know it. Hence this advertise- 9
inent. Will yon favor \iv with a trial
irder? "We will 1h? happy to call for
md to deliver anything you may want
laundered.
We make a specialty of laundering
window curtains. I
Ed. L. ricELH^NAY, Agent, '[
, Fort Hill, S. C.
W. IT. IlOOVEK, I
LIQUOR DEALER,
CfllRLOTTK, N. C.
We loijk especially after the shipping
trafe and below quote very close
figures. Will be glad to have your
aiders. Terms cash with order.
Corn, per gallon, in Jug (boxed),
5? 5?, $4-75 $>
All fir t*class goods at $1.75 and $2
VERY < LD.
Ryes rom $1.60 to $2, $1 50 and
&3 50 pi r |t at Ion.
Gins f om $1 60 to $2, and $2 50.
Jenulnr Imported "Plih Gin" at $3
per K?i>< ?*
Apple Brandy, $2.25 per gallon.
Peach Brandy $2 50 per gallon. ^
No ch| rge foi Jug and box on shove,
md no - lisrgo.it these prices for keg
ivhen v. Anted In such quantities.
Let u<^^L-e your orders and ub!ige?
H. HOOVER.